My Name is
Francisca
Francisca
Francisca’s mother died after a short illness when Francisca was one year old, and her father died six months later. After the death of her parents, Francisca lived with her impoverished grandfather. Though he tried, he could not provide for Francisca's basic needs. Social welfare asked the Rafiki Foundation to assume the care of Francisca and her cousin, Kofi. The children arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009. Francisca's favorite hymn is "At the Name of Jesus" because she knows that God will help her. From the Rafiki Bible Study, Francisca has learned that Christ will return and that she should glorify him with her life.
DOB: Oct 12, 2007
Mavis
Mavis was orphaned when both of her parents died of illnesses.
Michael
Michael’s mother died of an illness in 2005, and his father died after an accident.
Atimbil
Atimbil and his brother and sister, Awumbe and Azuma, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2010.
Noah
Noah’s mother died a few days after giving birth to him. He was then placed in the care of his maternal grandmother.
Malesse
Malesse and his twin sister, Zalalem, were orphaned when they were only a year old.
Ibrahim
Ibrahim was quite fearful when he arrived at Rafiki Village Kenya in 2004. His background and history made him fearful of change and strangers.
Patience
Patience’s mother died a month after she was born. Her father was killed a year later in a farming accident.
Moses
Moses arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2005.
Benson Michael
Benson Michael was found at the prison grounds by a woman who took him to the police station on August 28, 2005.
Paul
Paul was found abandoned as a small child and taken to the local police station.
Betty
Both of Betty’s parents died when she was young. Her mother contracted cerebral malaria, and her father died in a car accident.
Fortuna
Fortuna and her brother Surafel were left in their uncle's care when their mother and father died.
Wesen
Wesen's father died in 2009, and his mother abandoned him and his brother, Abraham, eighteen months later.
Chukwudi
Chukwudi is a double orphan, having lost his father in 2005 and his mother in 2008.
Miatta
Miatta’s mother died of yellow fever and her father, a policeman, was killed in the Liberian war.
Livingstone
After the death of both his parents, Livingstone lived with his grandfather.
Kwame
Kwame, along with his brother and sister, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2002.
Sumaya
Sumaya's father died when she was a young child, and her mother started living with another man who was unwilling to care for her.
Gift
Gift was abandoned by his parents at a young age and placed in the care of his grandmother.
Carolyn
Carolyn was abandoned as a child and was found by a probation officer. Social welfare did a thorough search to find any relatives they could for...
Eltonia
Eltonia and her younger brother, Kwaku, arrived at the Rafiki Village Ghana in 2009.
Tumsifu
Tumsifu was abandoned at birth and spent his first five years of his life at an orphanage in Tanzania.
Estery
Both of Estery's (Esther) parents passed away from an illness when she was a young child.
Aaron
Aaron was abandoned as a small child near a police station.